From owner-freebsd-security Thu Mar 8 17:36:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mail50.fg.online.no (mail50-s.fg.online.no [148.122.161.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7636737B718 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:36:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from crazy-b@netcom.no) Received: from ti35a21-0063.dialup.online.no (ti35a21-0063.dialup.online.no [130.67.176.191]) by mail50.fg.online.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA02838; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 02:36:15 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 02:25:00 +0100 From: Gaute Gullesen X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.49) Personal Reply-To: Gaute Gullesen X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <16863425663.20010309022500@netcom.no> To: David Talkington Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] cordless keyboards In-reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wednesday, March 07, 2001, 3:05:49 AM, David Talkington wrote: > My apologies for the OT. After spotting a Logitech cordless keyboard > in use in one department that I maintain, I scoured the web looking > for information about the possibility of interception of its signals. > I've found nothing. > Does anyone know how difficult it might be to sniff one of these > devices? Logitech marketing info claims that it's "digitally secure", > but without third-party information to back this up, my innately > paranoid nature remains cautious, given its 6-10 foot range (more than > enough to span cubicles or even apartments). still off topic, but maybe a good reminder, when we're getting into "that" secure systems. not only equipment designed to emit radio signals do so. all your other gear cause electromagnetic radiation aswell. monitor images, serial transmissions, etc. can be picked up from a distance. my point: if your workers are inclined to sniff that wireless keyboard, you should know it doesnt take much more work, and not much more sophisticated equipment to sniff a regular keyboard. i've tested that myself. - crazy-b ================================================================ Gaute Gullesen phone: +47 922 48 107 Fingerprint: AF90 7B96 9835 AA26 4DCC D4F7 1B82 110C B5DF 00B1 Support the antiSecurity movement!: http://anti.security.is/ ================================================================ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message